1^st Battalion (2^nd Foot)

Waziristan.

November

Moves to Ambala..

2^nd Battalion (2^nd Foot)

February - May

Training in Egypt.

June

Ordered to Crete but does not reach it.

17^th June

Joins 16 Infantry Brigade (6^th Division) for the invasion of Syria.

July

Joins 5 Indian Infantry Brigade. Operations against Vichy French at Qatana, Yaafour and the Damascus/Beirut road.

18^th Sepember

Occupation of Syria.

Embarks at Beirut for Tobruk.

Sepember - November

Defence of Tobruk.

November

Operation Crusader.

December

Moves to Egypt.

Territorial Army

131 (Queen’s) Infantry Brigade
(1^st/5^th, 1^st/6^th and 1^st/7^th Battalions)

Anti-invasion duties in East Anglia.

169 (Queen’s) Infantry Brigade
(2^nd/5^th, 2^nd/6^th and 2^nd/7^th Battalions)

September

35 Inf Bde renumbered 169. Joins 56^th (London) Division. Anti-invasion duties in Kent and Sussex.

Home Defence Battalions

11^th Battalion

Home service.

12^th Battalion

24^th July

Amalgamates with 10^th (HD) Bn the Middlesex Regt and transferred as 30^th Mx.

14^th Battalion

1^st December

Converted to 99 LAA Regt RA and transferred to RA.

15^th Battalion

Home service.

31^st Battalion

24^th December

Bn fully formed.

50^th (Holding) Battalion.

May

Formed at Caterham.

9^th October

Redesignated as 15^th Battalion.

70^th (Young Soldiers) Battalion

Home service.

Home Guard Battalions

1^st (Camberley and Farnham), 2^nd, 4^th (Guildford), 5^th (Godalming and Dist), 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 12^th 3^rd (Southern Railway), 23^rd (Croydon), 33^rd (Croydon), 32^nd, 60^th (Surrey) Battalions affiliated.